The details of the Dark Conspiracy game system: a complete list of the component titles with descriptions and illustrations. Guide to Dark Conspiracy provides a comprehensive overview of the first edition of Dark Conspiracy as published by Game Designers' Workshop.

The overview Guide to FASA Classic Traveller provides a complete list of the products published by FASA under license for Classic Traveller. This free Guide details the individual titles with text descriptions and cover illustrations.

GameLords, Ltd began as a fantasy role-playing publisher with its Thieves Guild game system. In 1982, the company expanded to science-fiction and acquired a license to produce Traveller titles. Between 1982 and 1984, GameLords published impressive titles by a variety of authors. This is an overview of the titles.

In addition to short scenario books, GameLords introduced a clever pairing of Environment rules books with an associated adventure: (for example, The Mountain Environment and Ascent to Anekthor).

Founder Kerry Lloyd died in 1985 and the company ceased operations. Remaining inventory was purchased by Different Worlds and continued to be sold for several y...

More than you ever thought you could know about Challenge Magazine, the Magazine of Science-Fiction Gaming from GDW Game Designers' Workshop. Challenge covered more than the GDW RPGs, it included articles on other systems including Star Wars, Warhammer 40K, Paranoia, and others.

This index identifies every article by title, game system, author, and issue: for all 53 issues. PLUS, a complete index of Challenge's predecessor: The Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society.

Everything you wanted to know about the MegaTraveller Science-Fiction Role-Playing Game System (but didn't know how to ask). Includes a short history of the development of MegaTraveller, a comprehensive list of all GDW-published modules for the system (including the number printed), and a rating of the general quality of each module and product (on a 1-9 scale; average is 5.0). Each title in the series is illustrated and synopsized.

Everything you wanted to know about the Twilight: 2000 Role-Playing Game System (but didn't know how to ask). Includes a short history of the development of Twilight: 2000, a comprehensive list of all GDW-published modules for the system (including the number printed), and a rating of the general quality of each module and product (on a 1-9 scale; average is 5.0). Each title in the version 1.0 series is illustrated and synopsized.

Twenty-eight pages of detailed information. There is a separate guide focusing on Version 2.0.

Game guides have their uses as they can help establish what serious collectors of gaming products need to get to fill out their collections. I got the bundled package during the Christmas period when it was free. As a minor point, this is real [...]

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